Magpie of Space

 We're back! After a sojourn as a publisher our writer-artist has returned and here is the latest Magpie of Space (almost weekly, we trust). Whatever happened to Lt Hazard? Last time we saw him, he had accidentally miniaturised himself and was lost somewhere in the Engineering Lab. NEXT EPISODE>>

Chief Dina McPhail addresses her robot crew members, accompanied by Dr Zoe Scope. The robots look a little uneasy. Translation notes for non-Glaswegians follow. Dina is from Glasgow, a descendent of a whole line of McPhail ship's engineers. For those of you unacquainted with Glaswegian Scots, here is a little glossary.  Dinna  Do not   Oany  Any    Fear  Be afraid of   Sae  So  Thon The third version of "this" and "that," used here to mean "the" with the context of a topical subject, not exactly translatable into English  A I  Youse Plural of ye, English you  Doonloadit  Downloaded  Ur Are  Intae  Into  Canna Cannot  Yer  Your  Aye Yes  Hae Have  Tae To  Nae  No  Oan on  Findin Finding  Noo  Now  Chargin Charging  Huvnae  Have not  Gang Go    Aheid Ahead NEXT EPISODE>>

Monday morning (AE104 Time) and Dr Scope calls up the Station Commander’s Office on her view-screen. Looks like we'll need those robots. NEXT EPISODE>>

Captain Bold calls a meeting of department heads to assess the situation. Tune in next time to see if Dr Scope can save the day. NEXT EPISODE>>